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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, p. 180 – 211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What colour does Kien's father use to paint with as he gets more depressed?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Blue

2. What does Kien do with the culprits of the farmhouse killing?
(a) He bribes them
(b) He executes them
(c) He doesn't execute them
(d) He runs away

3. What profession did Kien's father hold?
(a) An army general
(b) That of a tram driver
(c) That of a tax inspector
(d) That of an artist

4. What does Kien think writing will achieve for him?
(a) It will make him famous
(b) It will show the world what Vietnam went through
(c) It transforms his experiences and memories and makes sense of them
(d) It will make him rich

5. Who is Lan?
(a) A friend
(b) A fellow soldier
(c) Kien's sister
(d) Kien's mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kien become a body collector?

2. What musical instrument was Phuong especially good at?

3. What does Kien feel about the process of writing a novel at the start of Part Six?

4. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?

5. What sense suddenly gives Kien a memory of his wartime experiences?

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